this was my personal favorite in the hunger games serries. colins exibited a true understanding for the emotions katniss is feeling. at one point she is considering suicide and is refusing food. younger teens who havent been exposed to these trials may be overwelmed or burdened. throught the serries katniss matures and grows into the strong and detrmined woman that she is in the epiloge. it is evident that the strugles that she faced made her who she was ment to be. the violence in this final book is particularly explicit. durring a battle scene, a minor character`s eye is severly ingured and fully described. a certain leval of maturity is required to appritiate the love that peeta and katniss share, and some yonger kids may not understand. overall this book gives new hope and it was a privilage to read

I thought it wasn't very bad but it lots of places it was very depressing. It left me feeling that the book was seriously missing something.

Chances are, the ending won't leave the reader happy. The plot is very dark, very few people get out alive, and there are very scary images described. The book brings up an interesting idea about the "right" thing to do about war propaganda, loss of a loved one, and leading an army. Warning: this book isn't as good as the previous two, in part because she doesn't go to the Hunger Games. There is almost none of the previous books' humor.

Love it! Lve the series! Love the author! The book is amazing until the last third. It was not that it was poorly written, but it was not the way I wanted the plot to go... Over all I love the book, though :)

AUGH!!!!! HATED HATED HATED THE ENDING!!!!!!

I am soooo in love with this series. It rivals the Lightning Thief. Although in some parts it can get a little gory, it is fabulous. It is not only for boys though, there is a little romance between Katniss and Peeta (and a little with Katniss and Gale too!) It is better for kids with better reading comprehension (I didn't understand some parts) But all in all it is a marvelous story and I highly rcomend this book!

The WORST book in the Hunger Games, but with a hooking plot that keeps the anxious reader reading on into the blackness. This was VERY dark and depressing. Many beloved characters die, unimaginable torture and practices described, though not too heavily, you can hardly trust anyone, and the main character sinks deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper into a grave depressing state. Though I have to give credit to the author, Collins, for writing so well as to bring the reader fully into the story and its emotions. But overall, this is a book I doubt I'll ever reread because when I was finished I was just not satisfied with the ending and the story. In fact, one of the best parts of the books was when you learned Katniss, the main character, started becoming normal again and fell back in love with Peeta whom, I hope, became her husband and they had several children. Just by reading this you can tell Collins isn't very good at weaving happiness and genuine hope into a story, even giving the storyline and situations she could have made it more hopeful. On a happier note, the action was eye-gluing, the language pretty clean, and hardly any consumerism to look out for because... it takes place in the future! As for educational value, the reader's mind will be open to thought and discussion on future and tyrannical governments, sacrifices and bravery and tough decisions, and many more topics that deal a dark, futuristic world and justice. To look out for: heavy, though not too graphic, violence which includes torture, people blowing up, blood, and tons of other stuff that a normal thirteen-year old should be able to handle; some kissing and mentions of prostitution;one character drinks A LOT and morphine addiction in some characters; some negative messages about how to handle tough situations, how to treat your at-your-mercy enemies, and other dark subjects; most of the characters in this books are downright bad role models, but readers would normally excuse that giving their condition, and they hardly ever act hopeful about justice and peace. This is definitely NOT Suzanne Collins best book, but it was a gripping conclusion to her infamous Hunger Games trilogy. The story and setting gave plentiful food for thought about a world where its poorer subjects live in dystopia, considering many today live in that condition, and what just governments are. However, violence, drinking, bad role models and messages, as well as mature themes, add to the higher age rating, but if you put this in front of a tween I assure you they will read on for the justice of the rebellious characters and for the pure genius of Suzanne Collins writing.

Bloody....... This novel is the most raw one of them all. Bombs are blown off, including a hospital. Many deaths of beloved characters. One man poses in his underwear. Many tears are shed, and a exciting. but scary chase scene in the sewers. It is really good, but blood is often shed, and described. I wouldn't pick this one up if you haven't read the other two. I am sad to see the story end this way, but I guess, its war, right? Katniss does choose who she will live with for the rest of her life, yay!

The ending was a disappointment. I mean seriously, in the beginning, all they do is shoot videos. I loved the first two, especially Catching Fire, but Mockingjay was a disappointment.